Plot - Film takes after moderately aged Shirley Valentine in a surprising disclosure of herself, and reviving of her adolescence dreams and energetic love of life.
Shirley’s a moderately aged Liverpool housewife, who ends up conversing with the wall while she is preparing breakfast for her husband, pondering what happened to her life. She contrasts scenes in her present life and what she used to resemble and feels she’s stagnated and stuck. However, when her closest companion wins an all-costs paid excursion to Greece for two, Shirley starts to see the world, and herself, from an alternate perspective.
| Nominated Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role Pauline Collins |
| Best Music, Original Song Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Marvin Hamlisch For the song "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" |
| Nominated Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical |
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Pauline Collins |
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| Best Original Song - Motion Picture Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Marvin Hamlisch Song: "The Girl Who Used to Be Me" |
| Won BAFTA Film Award |
Best Actress Pauline Collins |
| Nominated BAFTA Film Award |
Best Screenplay - Adapted Willy Russell |
| Best Film Lewis Gilbert |
| Won British Comedy Award |
Top Comedy Film |
| Nominated Best Cinematography Award |
Alan Hume |
| Won Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Actress Pauline Collins |
| Best Screenplay Willy Russell |
| Nominated Grammy |
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Marvin Hamlisch For the song "The Girl Who Used To Be Me". |
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